No reversal of the Oppel-Kundt illusion with short stimuli: Confutation of the space anisometry interpretation of neglect and 'cross-over' in line bisection

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Doricchi, Fabrizio ^a,b   Guariglia, Paola ^a,b   Figliozzi, Francesca ^a,b   Silvetti, Massimo ^a,b   Gasparini, Marina ^b   Merola, Sheila ^a,b   Macci, Enrica ^a,b   Binetti, Nicola ^a,b   Bruschini, Michela ^a   Bueti, Domenica ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossover; Line bisection; Oppel Kundt illusion; Space anisometry; Spatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ANISOMETROPIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMETRICS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 44949189646     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm273     Document Type: Letter

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